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Construction Estimating Using Excel

Construction Estimating Using Excel (Peterson MBA PE, Steven)

432 page book

Pros

• Lots of attractively formatted formulas for costs and quantities

Notable Inclusions

• Lots of references
• Review questions/problems
• Detailed cost of ownership and operation of heavy equipment
• Bracketed percent calculation (bond premium)
• Glossary of terms

Cons

• Intimidatingly long
• Teaches suboptimal excel practice
• Print-antagonistic
  • Heavy use of highlighter-blue for text, unnecessary backgrounds, and coloring entire pages
  • Uses a full width portion of the cover image at every chapter header

Notable Exclusions

• Any significant detail on indirect/overhead/general expense costs
  • All lumped into the 6 page Chapter 25 - Markups

Target audience

• Construction project managers with no prior experience estimating or using excel